Totalitarian Ideologies and Extremism in a Changing Europe

Krynica-Zdroj (Poland), September 6, 2018

In contemporary Europe, policymakers, law enforcement, practitioners and civil society organisations are facing new hybrid threats that show similarities and overlaps both from ideological and strategic perspectives.

The nature of different forms of extremism and of the ideologies that provide narratives and moral justification require further investigation.

What are totalitarian ideologies and what role do they play in extremism and radicalization? What threats do they represent for individual freedoms, democratic values and security? How can such ideologies be challenged and overcome? What can Europe do to address the phenomenon of radicalization?